An Oregon woman convicted of igniting an enormous wildfire simply to give firefighters something to put out will now spend more than one year in jail.

On Wednesday, Sadie
Renee Johnson, 23, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by US
District Judge Marco Hernandez. In May, she pleaded guilty to
sparking a fire that burned through 51,000 acres southeast of
Portland, Oregon, back in July 2013. The fire ravaged the Warm
Springs Indian Reservation for more than a week and cost almost
$8 million to extinguish.

Johnson will also perform 200 hours of community service in the
affected area, a sentence that Hernandez reportedly considered
light, according to the Associated Press.

"You owe them much more than that," he said to her in
court.

The fire began when Johnson threw a firework out of her car and
lit up some brush, as noted by Reuters. Two days later, with the fire still
raging, Johnson posted a status update on Facebook that read,
“Like my fire?” which led detectives to detain her.
Johnson eventually claimed that she started the fire because her
friends in the fire department “were bored and needed
work.”

The young woman has also stated she does have substance abuse
problems, something that was taken into account by the judge as
he determined her sentence. She could have potentially faced five
years in prison.

As part of her sentence, Johnson will take part in a six-month
treatment course for drug and alcohol abuse when she leaves jail.

In court on Wednesday, Johnson said she has learned from he
actions and is prepared to move forward.

"Time cannot be reversed nor choices taken back once
made," she told the judge, as quoted by the AP. "I will
not be making this mistake twice."